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About the Role
Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) seeks an enthusiastic, dedicated, and mission-aligned Activity Specialist to guide students in after-school activities. This role involves facilitating weekly lesson plans, activities, and creative projects, while also teaching decision-making, communication, and critical thinking skills.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and develop age and skill-appropriate curriculum, lesson plans, activities, and special projects that fuse the arts and academic competencies for supervisor review.
- Plan and facilitate a project-based unit.
- Work with program participants to develop their artistic, educational, and leadership potential.
- Engage youth in critical thinking, evaluation, risk-taking, rehearsals, project-based learning, documentation of work, community-building, and activism through the arts.
- Coordinate subject-related trips, guest speakers, special events, student exhibitions, and college trips.
- Attend weekly staff meetings.
- Share knowledge of the history and current state of African, African-American, and Latino issues and interpret this into diverse learning opportunities.
- Communicate student progress and insights to team members regularly.
- Act as a role model for all students.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- High School or Equivalent.
- At least 2 years of teaching experience.
- A commitment to Youth Development and the mission and programs of HCZ.
- Flexibility, creativity, and enthusiasm for young people.
- Excellent planning, organization, communication, and time management skills.
- Ability to provide consistent and positive instruction.
- Ability to receive constructive criticism.
- Ability to work a flexible schedule, available days and evenings.
- Experience working in youth development and teaching well-developed enrichment courses, social consciousness, self-identity, and efficacy.
- Energetic, motivated self-starter and a team player.
- Must be able to work independently as well as collaboratively on projects with staff and students and full curriculum.
Skills
- Youth Development
- Arts Education
- Curriculum Development
- Lesson Planning
- Project-Based Learning
- Critical Thinking
- Communication
- Time Management
- Organization
- Planning
- Instruction
- Collaboration
Location
- New York
Work Type
- Part-time
- After-school
Experience Level
- 2 years of teaching experience
Education Level
- High School or Equivalent
- Conservatory training and/or university-level education preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $25 - $30 per hour
Benefits
- Career Advancement
- Paid sick leave
- Employee referral bonus
- Physical wellness discounts
- Commuter benefits
- Additional Benefits (Discounts on flights, hotels, theme parks, concert tickets, and more.)
About the Company
- Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) is a world-renowned education and poverty-fighting organization based in New York.
- HCZ's mission is to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty with comprehensive, on-the-ground programming that builds up opportunities for children and families to thrive in school, work, and life.
- HCZ provides a supportive and inclusive community dedicated to helping children, families — and staff — thrive.
Equal Opportunity
- Harlem Children’s Zone is an EEO.